Fwd: [LYP_Ke Team] 10 Things I've Learned as an Entrepreneur - 31th July, 2014
Sharon Wanyeki
10 Things I’ve learned as an Entrepreneur is
the summary of lessons from one of the most successful Kenyan entrepreneur Alex
Nyaga learned as a first-time entrepreneur in the Service Industry. If you’re
an entrepreneur or if you’ve only dreamed about starting your own business,
this week LYP Talk is for you.
The Speaker, Mr. Alex Nyaga is the Founder and the Group Executive Officer of
Parapet Cleaning Services, ISO 9001:2008 Certified company and with not less
than 2,000 employees in Kenya in the professional cleaning and allied services industry.
He is also the Rotary International
Kenya Country Chair. He will distill some of the most important lessons
of entrepreneurship he has learnt as a serial entrepreneur for several years as
well as shares the essential beliefs, characteristics, and habits of elite
entrepreneurs.
Date: Thursday 31th July, 2014. Venue: KICC - Tin Tin Restaurant. Time: 6pm -8pm
Charges: LYP Members Ksh. 500, Non Members Ksh. 1,000. Register for the forum by paying & filling in the forum registration form attached and send it to in...@ypkenya.org. Payments can be done in our Equity Bank account. Account Name: League of Young Professionals. Account Number: 0240293600721 Branch: Equity Bank: Harambee Avenue. You may also conveniently deposit directly to the above account via MPESA using the following details; Paybill Business Number (Equity Bank) 247247. Account number 0240293600721.
4th Annual Sports Day.
Next month we shall
host our 4th Annual sports day and we extend our Invitation to you and your
company. The event will take place on 30thAugust 2014 at KCB Sports
ground off Thika Super Highway starting at 9.00am till 4.00pm and
later we shall have evening dinner at Tin Tin Restaurant from 7.00pm.
limited tickets are available for only Ksh 2,500/= for members, Non
members Ksh 3,000/= and Kids Ksh 1,000/= and company
corporate team of 10 members at Ksh. 30,000. Those who pay early or
by 7th August will enjoy a 10% discount. We
are anticipating over 250 participants and over
10 corporate sponsors. Booking is by Payments via the details
above, and then fill the attached form and send it to in...@ypkenya.org .
It's a day that all LYP members always look forward too and you cannot afford to miss the 2014 sports event. We shall have various sports activities. Besides having fun we shall also be raising funds to educate needy but bright students in high schools. Our goal is to have at least 50 pupils by Year 2018. Currently are sponsoring three students ( 1 boy in Lenana High School and 2 girls in Starehe Girls Centre)
Dinner attire is Black
Tie. Our Guest Speaker is Lucy Muchoki, CEO of Pan African Agribusiness and
Agroindustry Consortium (PanAAC). She will share with us Investing in Agribusiness: Available
Opportunities and Challenges. Below find her profile.
About Lucy Muchoki
Lucy Muchoki
is a Kenyan and the current Chief Executive Officer of Pan African Agribusiness
Consortium (PanAAC), a Regional Agribusiness network that is mobilizing and
promoting the domestic private Sector in Africa through enhanced productivity
and competitiveness in the national, regional and Global markets.
Among her various Agribusiness forum participation include being the Private Sector Representative to the Executive Boards of Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa FARA, Association for Strengthening Agricultural Research in East and Central Africa, ASARECA and Global Forum for Agriculture and Research (GFAR).
She is also the Private Sector representative to the steering committee of two African Union Commission programmes on Aflotoxin control programme, (PACA) and markets, trade and Infrastructure.
She is the Vice Chair of CAADP’s Non State Actors Taskforce and has also been serving as a member of the Thematic Working Group on the agribusiness, value addition and market access programme in the Kenya’s Agricultural Sector Coordinating Unit, ASCU.
An entrepreneur and social scientist, she has extensive experience in value chains development and management and has participated actively in various high level dialogues and workshops that address the development of Agribusiness in Africa.
An accomplished entrepreneur, Lucy is a founder and owner of African Natural Products Company.
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FAQ
- Find our 2014 calendar here.
- Sponsorship packages here.
- Club Membership registration fee is Ksh. 2,000, with annual renewal 1,000 for the subsequent years. Membership is open to all professionals over the age of 20 years. There is no upper age limit. Membership Form attached. Duly filled and completed form to be forwarded to admin....@ypkenya.org upon payment of membership fees.
- More info contact Christine 0738 782 048 / admin....@ypkenya.org, Karim 0721 691 219 in...@ypkenya.org.
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Sharon Wanyeki
District 9212 Cancer Chair 2014/2015
